Assam vaccinates over 7 Lakh people on occasion of PM Modi’s birthday

GUWAHATI: The Assam government undertook a mega inoculation drive in celebration of Prime minister Narendra Modi’s 71st birthday by successfully vaccinating over 7.5 lakh people on Friday and covering over 3.2% of eligible population in a single day.

Informing about the same, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, “Assam registered its huge participation in celebration of Adarniya PM @narendramodi ji's 71st birthday with record 7.62 lakh vaccination, covering 3.2% of the eligible population in a single day. This Himalayan feat is true reflection of the motivation & dedication of our PM.”

Nagaon guardian minister Pijush Hazarika has also taken stock of vaccination in Nagaon and it was informed that Nagaon has crossed it's primary 6,000 first doses and 34,000 second does of vaccine mark even before the rive was concluded.

The state on Friday reported 270 new COVID-19 cases,taking the active case tally to 3,818. The positivity rate of the state has dipped to 0.49 per cent.

The new cases have been detected out of 55,049 Covid-19 tests conducted in the last 24 hours. Nine deaths were reported today, while, 477 cured cases were discharged.

Meanwhile, Covid-related fatalities in the state have reached 5,788 with a death rate of 0.97 per cent.

The overall caseload has reached 5,97,344. Pc